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My roots go back to a small estate deep in the Mountains of Mourne, near the Silent Valley, in County Down, Northern Ireland.

I went to school in Dublin, drank way too much, studied English and history, then business, then IT at Oxford University. While a student, I worked as a kitchen porter in a club near the Bank of England.

A few years later I was announced into the main bar at the House of Commons. I was in the company of a famous Chelsea supporter. The champagne was flowing. After that I spent ten years working in the City of London, the creaking hub of world finance.

Now I have three kids and a day job in IT marketing. I was first published by a school newspaper when I was ten, for a short story about aliens getting lost. The Istanbul...more


I delivered The Jerusalem Puzzle to Harper Collins in London last Monday, by email. I had finished it the previous Thursday. I spent most of last weekend doing one final edit.


That was a hundred page a day edit. The kind of edit that drains something from you as you go on and on and on for endless hours each day.


But I did it. And I’m glad I did it. There were logical errors, which you see better...

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Average rating: 3.48 · 71 ratings · 21 reviews · 1 distinct work
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Description: A brutal murder. An ancient temple. A long lost treasure.
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Laurence O'Bryan Thank you Douglas. I hope you enjoy it!

Douglas wrote: "Laurence, nice having you as a friend on Goodreads as well as Twitter!!!
Your book is on my KINDLE! Looking forward to it. I will shelf it on Goodreads. I forget to do that!"



message 22: by John

John Bartlett Hi Laurence - I see you like thrillers ...for 3 more days only Amazon is doing my 400 page, 5 star rated legal thriller, Chequered Justice for Kindle FREE! If you like legal thrillers please download a copy and review for Goodreads! In just 2 days Chequered Justice has been downloaded almost 8,000 times! Thanks http://tinyurl.com/c9ko7nh


message 21: by Douglas

Douglas Wickard Laurence, nice having you as a friend on Goodreads as well as Twitter!!!
Your book is on my KINDLE! Looking forward to it. I will shelf it on Goodreads. I forget to do that!


message 20: by Taznim

Taznim thanks for the add and all the best with your writing!!!


message 19: by Haylee

Haylee Hello, how are you? Thanks for the friend request! Look forward to discussing books with you
-Haylee


message 18: by VampireNovelFan (last edited Jan 04, 2012 06:06am)

VampireNovelFan Thanks for the friendvite, Laurence! Happy reading and good luck with your writing!

VNF
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message 17: by Melissa

Melissa Thanks for the friend request! Looking forward to sharing more books with you.

Melissa
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message 16: by Carolyn

Carolyn Haven Thank you for your friendship. Happy writing and reading.


Natasha (a.k.a Paranormal Goddess) Thank you for connecting with me on goodreads, I look forward to sharing some good books and some not so good good books with you -♥-
Sincerely Natasha
Paranormal Goddess [Book Blog]
http://paranormal-goddess.blogspot.com


Laurence O'Bryan Harlequin Books wrote: "Hello Laurence, it is a pleasure to meet you."

Hi Harlequin!

Great to meet you too.


Laurence O'Bryan Melita Christina wrote: "Thank u Laurence for ur invite!!

Happy writing and reading!!

Melita"


Thanks Melita. Wishing you well too.


Laurence O'Bryan Dustin wrote: "Thanx for the friend request :)"


Great to meet you. More power to your courage and your heart. Wishing you well.


Laurence O'Bryan Melita Christina wrote: "Thank u Laurence for ur invite!!

Happy writing and reading!!

Melita"



Hi Melita. Great to meet you.


Laurence O'Bryan Carolyn wrote: "Thank you for your friendship. Happy writing."

Thanks Carolyn. All the best with your writing too.


Carolyn Haven Thank you for your friendship. Happy writing.


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Gary Revel TO LIVE OR MAYBE NOT
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My birth in Alabama, youth, school-Niceville, Dunedin, Bartow and Bonifay, Florida, church-Safety Harbor and Bartow Florida, high school-Holmes County High School, US Navy Service, music-Hollywood, Memphis, Nashville, Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Investigation, recording and releasing the single record of the song about the MLK assassination, THEY SLEW THE DREAMER and more.

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Mel Chris Thank u Laurence for ur invite!!

Happy writing and reading!!

Melita


Harlequin Books Hello Laurence, it is a pleasure to meet you.


Dustin Rhodes Thanx for the friend request :)


Laurence O'Bryan Thanks Bonnie. I made a token gesture of standing up, but it was enough for me right now.

The code book is good, not for a full read through, but for checking out parts of the history of code development and for dipping into. Take care! L


Bonnie Hi Laurence, thanks for the friend request. Interesting reading you've got there, especially The Code Book. It sounds intriguing, would you recommend it?

P.S. Good on you for sticking to your guns, re: saying no.


Laurence O'Bryan Hi Jesse,

Thanks for the link to your spiritual allegory. I am always interested in the mystery of the unknown. I wish you well on your journey.

Laurence


message 1: by jesse

jesse hanson I appreciate your including me among your goodreads friends, LP. Looks like fascinating reading material on your list.
If you have an interest in spirituality, I will invite you to consider my spiritual allegory, Song of George: Portrait of an Unlikely Holy Man. It's fiction, inspired by my personal life.
Best wishes. Namaste, jesse


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